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>> YES, SO I'VE BUILT AND RUN
SEVEN COMPANIES.
MY LAST COMPANY WAS ACUITY
MOBILE.
I WAS ACTUALLY--GOT SOME
INVESTMENT MONEY FROM DBED AND I
THINK THAT WE PROVIDED A VERY
NICE RETURN FOR DBED WHEN WE
SOLD TO NOKIA IN 2009.
>> I'M A TWO-TIME ENTREPRENEUR
PREVIOUS TO THIS COMPANY.
WE--MY FIRST COMPANY WAS IN
2001 CALLED E-AGENT, AND IT'S
A LEAD GENERATION PLATFORM.
I SOLD TO A COMPETITOR AND THEN
STARTED THE SECOND COMPANY
CALLED BRANDCLICK, AN IN-TEXT
ADVERTISING SERVICE THAT I SOLD
IN 2009 AND--AND--AND NOW ON
THE ROAD FOR A THIRD AGAIN.
>> I MEAN, I THINK THE NUMBER
ONE THING IS THAT THERE'S
A COMPLIANCE COMPONENT THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES,
SO OUR SYSTEM CAPTURES THE
MESSAGES, STORES THE MESSAGES IN
THE CLOUD, AND IT ALLOWS THE
ENTERPRISE TO HAVE THE LEGAL
TRAIL OF ALL THE INTERACTION
BETWEEN THEIR EMPLOYEES AND
THEIR CUSTOMERS.
SO WE ARE--WE ARE NEW.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE
LEVERAGING PREVIOUS
RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAD AT OUR
PRIOR COMPANY TO GO BACK INTO
THOSE CUSTOMERS AND--AND BRING
THIS NEW PRODUCT TO THEM.
>> BUT WE'RE ALSO AVAILABLE IN
THE APP STORES RIGHT NOW FOR
ANDROID, BLACKBERRY'S BEING
LOADED IN, AND WE'RE WORKING ON
THE IPHONE.
>> I MEAN, A GREAT CONSUMER OR
COMMERCIAL USE FOR THE PRODUCT
WOULD BE IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND
YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT ONE OF
YOUR CHILDREN MIGHT BE GETTING
BULLIED, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE
ABILITY TO PUT THE APPLICATION
ON YOUR CHILD'S PHONE, AND RIGHT
FROM THE WEB, YOU HAVE THE
ABILITY TO KIND OF KEEP A TABS
ON WHAT ACTUALLY IS--WHAT THE
INTERACTION IS BETWEEN YOUR
CHILD AND THEIR FRIENDS.
IT'S--IT'S ALL OVER THE MAP.
WHEN THERE'S JUST FOUR OF US,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING ANYTHING
FROM "WHAT'S THE NEXT RELEASE OF
THE PRODUCT GONNA LOOK LIKE" TO
"I DON'T LIKE THIS PIECE OF TEXT
ON OUR WEBSITE"--
--TO WORKING ON CREATING
CHANNEL PARTNERS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING.
IT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE UP EARLY ON
E-MAIL AND WE'RE TYPICALLY
WORKING 'TIL ALL HOURS OF THE
EVENING BACK AND FORTH ON E-MAIL
OR SKYPE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER
IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE.